UK Deepens Investigation Into Possible Poisoning Of Former Russian Spy In England

Britain has stepped up its investigation into the possible poisoning of former Russian spySergei Skripal in Salisbury, England, with the U.K. government facing the possibility ofyet another Russian dissident being assassinatedon British soil.

On Sunday, 66-year-old Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in the Russian military intelligence, wasfound unconsciouson a bench at a mall in Salisbury, along with his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia. As of Tuesday, the two were still in critical condition, being treated “forsuspected exposure to an unknown substance.”